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    The Sickness
    The Sickness
    The Sickness
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    The Sickness

    By D. E. Harrison

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    It is the year 2040 and a killer disease is lurking throughout the entire country of Denmark. Its victims will be of every age and gender regardless of where or how they live.
    Every medical treatment for every disease in Denmark must be followed as outlined in The Book. A young doctor is being de-certified for not following The Book. A previous patient had died with somewhat similar symptoms and he chose to go out of The Book for this patient’s treatment which appears to be some what successful.
    In the year 2041, Rebekka Lindgren, better known as Rebe or Sam to her friends, is a newly board certified medical doctor in Denmark. She was also just awarded two PhDs in mathematics. How can a newly certified medical doctor with two PhDs in mathematics fight The Book no less an unknown killer disease?
    On the hospital rounds Rebe starts to come across patients with very unusual symptoms. Their age and sex varies and she does not understand why.
    The highest national ranking medical doctor in Denmark is Dr. Balder Hansen. He and President Angor Jensen of the hospital are old school colleagues. The two of them will have to deal with ‘Sam’ as she tears up the country side to identify what her mathematics is telling her. A national disaster is about to fall on Denmark and no one is listening.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherD. E. Harrison
    Release dateFeb 7, 2017
    ISBN9781370672738
    The Sickness
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    D. E. Harrison

    I am trained as a theoretical mathematician. I am an emeritus member of the American Mathematical Society for fifty odd years. I have lived in Seattle since 1967. I starting writing fiction after writing a family history.

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      The Sickness - D. E. Harrison

      The Sickness

      By D. E. Harrison

      Copyright 2010 by D. E. Harrison

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Prologue

      Chapter 1 The Year is 2041 at a Formal State Reception in Denmark

      Chapter 2 The Weekend Sailing

      Chapter 3 The Trail is Starting to Appear

      Chapter 4 Eighteen Months Before the Reception

      Chapter 5 Twelve Months Before the Reception

      Chapter 6 The Second Meeting between Rebe and President Agnor Jensen

      Chapter 7 One Month Before the Reception

      Chapter 8 Two Weeks Before the Reception

      Chapter 9 Four Weeks After the Reception in the Boathouse Again.

      Chapter 10 Six Weeks After the Reception

      About D. E. Harrison

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      Prologue

      Rebekka Lindgren is a newly Board certified medical Doctor in Denmark with separate PhDs in pure and applied mathematics.

      Working at a teaching hospital as a six-month intern, in a temporary lay over spot, she comes across several unusual medical cases. They are not being handled by the Medical Guide Book (MGB) of medicine every doctor must use. In fact, some treatments and tests must be pre-approved by a board of doctors.

      A young doctor almost loses his job when he goes ahead and treats a second patient without the Board’s approval after the first one dies of what appears to be the same illness.

      A meeting between the president of the largest medical school and the highest-ranking national doctor in Denmark is about to open a can of sardines and do some real damage to the MGB.

      Both men are short even for Danish men. They are both in their late 50’s. They could be brothers, a bushy head of sandy hair and piercing blue eyes. They are brute talent but with a political sense and a natural common sense about them. They are both respected in the medical community and one is better known in the political arena.

      Chapter 1 The year is 2041 at a Formal State Reception in Denmark

      At a State function, the President of the largest Danish medical college is about to meet the highest-ranking National Medical Doctor. The reception is being held in the Chriskianborg Palace in Copenhagen. All guests must pass through the Queen’s Gate, and then up the King’s Stairway to get to the Hall. The Royal Guards are lining both sides of the Queen’s Gate in their 1770 uniforms. The guards are dressed in their dark blue coats, with a crossing white strip on their chests coming over each shoulder. Their lighter blue trousers have a light blue strip down each, outside leg. Their most striking feature could be their tall, round bear skin hats. They are in a parade rest pose with their rifle extended out arm’s length. None of the guests would ever talk to a guard.

      The meeting of these two doctors in the reception

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